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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,970, dated October25, 1887.

Application filed Marih 9, 1887. Serial No. 230,186. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. Peron, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brook lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hat-Brims; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan of my improved wire frame forhat-brims; Fig. 2, a detail View on large scale of a a a a on Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is amodification of the method of uniting the sections as shownat a, Fig. 1, a portion of one of the loops being removed, so as to formwhat is commonly known as a hook and eye. Fig. 4 shows the complete hatex tended and ready for use, and Fig. 5 shows the same folded forslowing in the overcoat pocket or in other smallspace.

Similar letters of reference indicate eorresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

The present invention has relation to wire frames for the brims of hats.I construct the frames in sections hinged together to admit of theframes and the entire hat being folded.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the hat-brim,formed of wire in sections, each bent to form its proportion of the ovalframe required to hold a hatbrim extended. They are united byinterlacing loops a. 1

Fig. 3 is a modification, a portion of one of the loops being removed,as at a, forming what is commonly known as a hook-and-eye fastening orconnection.

In all the forms the hat material B serves to cover and conceal thejoints. I have in my experiments used muslin for the material B; butthis may be varied. Many forms of mechanical construction may be usedin. uniting the sections; butI prefer the simple construction shown inFig. 2. The object of the sectional frame is to admit of the brim, onwhich these frames are used, being folded into a con venient shape forthe pocket or for transportation while still retaining the benefitsarising from the use of a wire frame when the hat is worn. Thejoints toallow the several sections to be folded one upon another when required,and also allow the sections to hold the hatbrim extended when required.

I do not claim a hat-brim or analogous sunshade held extended by arms orribs extended radially, as such cannot be connected together at each endand cannot fold upon each other, as do my sections.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The folding frame A, composed of curved sections of wire hinged togetherby metallic loops, in combination with a hat,and inclosed in the brimthereof, as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. PRICE.

Witnesses:

W. E. QUINN, E. A. Amus'rnone.

